What's the deal with Fish N' Chips?
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Please ask yourself this question: "Do I think of having 'fish and chips' when I want a really nice meal?"
If the answer is, "probably not" then that may also be the answer to your question as to "what's up" with them.
Turning a sow's ear into a silk purse is difficult at best so I wouldn't blame myself for not liking the fare.
If the answer is, "probably not" then that may also be the answer to your question as to "what's up" with them.
Turning a sow's ear into a silk purse is difficult at best so I wouldn't blame myself for not liking the fare.
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When serving beer, the temperature is the most important element. Ales should be served at 55?F, what the English call the 'cellar temperature.' Lagers are served colder-around 48?F. Colder temperatures diminish the taste. The more flavorful a beer is, the better it will taste when served at a warmer temperature. Clean, light ales do well closer to lager temperatures; darker, stronger ales should be served at temperature approaching 55?F. The richest ales - like stouts, barley wines, and strong ales - are best enjoyed near room temperature.
While the serving temperature of beer is a matter of personal taste, preference, and culture, beer served ice cold goes flat very quickly, and because the palate is numbed by the too-cold beer, much of the taste is lost. A frosted mug kills the flavor almost instantaneously.
British beers and ales are not properly served warm. They are served warmer than most Americans are used to, but by just a few degrees. The colder the beer, the less the carbonation resulting in less aroma and flavor.
While the serving temperature of beer is a matter of personal taste, preference, and culture, beer served ice cold goes flat very quickly, and because the palate is numbed by the too-cold beer, much of the taste is lost. A frosted mug kills the flavor almost instantaneously.
British beers and ales are not properly served warm. They are served warmer than most Americans are used to, but by just a few degrees. The colder the beer, the less the carbonation resulting in less aroma and flavor.
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To be honest, if you wish to try fish and chips, the best place to go is a fish and chips shop. Pubs usually don't do this great meal justice.
There's thousands of chip shops around, and l find fish and chips a nice meal, but only once in a while. You need to eat them with a wooden fork and plenty of salt and vinegar.
There's thousands of chip shops around, and l find fish and chips a nice meal, but only once in a while. You need to eat them with a wooden fork and plenty of salt and vinegar.
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In my limited experience, on average the chippies haven't done any better job than the pubs with fish and chips.
I can't figgure out why a country that does so many schips, doesn't do them better.
Keith
I can't figgure out why a country that does so many schips, doesn't do them better.
Keith
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